Missouri Classical Music News

The native of Canada has been an assistant in Kansas City since 1999, conducting the orchestra’s pops series, family and children’s concerts and holiday concerts.

In his new post, he will conduct seven classical concerts and three pairs of pops programs, plus family and youth programs. His new contract begins June 1; he will start in September.

“Of all the orchestras that I applied for, this is the one I coveted the most,” said Hankewich, 38.

For the coming season he could still maintain some of his Kansas City duties, but his contract runs out in August. He said he and his wife, Jillien, a pharmacist, will move to Cedar Rapids this summer.